INSTALLATION, OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS

PN16 BUTTERFLY VALVES

F611 / F612 / F614 / F615 / F621 / F622 / F624 / F625 /
F626 / F627 / F628 / F629 / F631 / F631B / F632

INTRODUCTION
• These instructions relate only to Crane rubber lined butterfly valves, which are designed and
manufactured to provide isolation, or can be used for flow regulation of suitable fluids.
• Design, manufacture and testing of these valves are subject to a Quality Assurance System
and Procedures according to EN ISO 9001.
• Service temperature and pressure indicated on the identification plate or body marking should
not be exceeded.
• Valves must be installed into a well-designed system and it is recommended that the system
be inspected in accordance with the appropriate member state legislation.

GENERAL INSTALLATION
Storage
If valves are to be stored prior to installation
ensure that action is taken to protect them:
• Store valves with discs at 5° from fully
closed position.
• Protect against frost, contamination, and
corrosion.
• Cover valves to prevent ingress of dust and
debris.
• Protect faces of valves as these are sealing
faces and any damage may result in leaks.
Preparation
• Before installation, ensure valve is suitable
for service conditions e.g. pressure,
temperature, and service media.
• Check that the pipe flanges are to the
correct size and standard to match the
valve flanges.
• Do not remove dust caps/flange protectors
until just before the valve is fitted, this is to
prevent the ingress of dust and dirt, etc.
• Ensure that pipe flanges are clean to
prevent damage to valve flanges/liners on
installation as this may create a leek path.
• Check that internal pipe diameter has
sufficient clearance for valve disc to be fully
operated.
• Check that there are no restrictions to full
operation of valve disc in pipework, i.e.
internal welding of flanges.
• Check that the pipe flanges are parallel,
and on same centreline, before installation.
• All welding and heat treating of flanges
must be completed prior to installation of
valves to prevent damage to liners from
excessive heat.
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GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
• The valves have been designed for
loadings, appropriate to intended use and
other reasonably foreseeable operating
conditions. Loadings caused by traffic,
wind, and earthquake have not been taken
into account.
• It is the responsibility of the installer to
ensure that the valves do not exceed the
allowable limits of pressure. However the
equipment is designed to withstand a
momentary pressure surge of up to 10% of
the maximum working pressure.
• The piping system shall be so designed to
reduce the risk of fatigue due to vibration of
pipes.
• The Installation shall be designed to provide
adequate means of draining and venting
to avoid harmful effects such as water
hammer, vacuum collapse, corrosion
and uncontrolled chemical reactions,
and to permit cleaning, inspection, and
maintenance in the correct manner.
• These products have not been designed
to include corrosion, erosion, or abrasion
allowances. Any queries regarding service
applications should be addressed to the
Crane Fluid Systems Technical Enquiries
Department.
HANDLING
Care should be taken when handling these valves. See valve data sheets for weights and
dimensions. It is the responsibility of the installer to ensure that all lifting equipment is rated for
the required lifting weight and is properly maintained and safe to use. When unloading, lifting, and
positioning of these valves care must be taken to avoid damage to the faces, these are used as
sealing faces on the pipe flanges.
PIPE FLANGES
• Flanged joints depend upon compressive
deformation of the integral rubber sealing
faces between the flange surfaces until
metal to metal contact is achieved.
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• A valves rating/maximum operating
pressure decreases as the service
temperatures increase. Data concerning
pressure limitations due to elevated
temperature may be found in graphical
form on the Crane website,
www.cranefs.com, from the Butterfly Valve
section in the ‘Additional Downloads’ page.
• Valves are not designed to operate under
high shock loadings. Where pressure
increases occur due to shock loading
(water hammer), they should be added to
the working pressure to obtain the total
pressure acting on the valve. The total
should not exceed the valve rating. A
pressure surge, or shock, is usually caused
by a sudden reduction in flow rate, such as
is caused by the rapid closure of a check or
quarter turn valve, and may severely limit
design velocities. The value is dependent
on the velocity of the liquid, not system
pressure, and may increase by up to 4 bar
for every 0.3m/sec. increase in fluid velocity.
• The surfaces of valves in service may be
subject to extreme temperatures; care
should be taken when handling.
• The bolting must be checked for correct
size, length, material and that all connection
flange bolt holes are utilized.
INSTALLATION, OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS
• It is prohibited for these Butterfly Valves to • Care should be taken to provide correct
add an additional gasket between the pipe alignment of the flanges being assembled.
flange and the valve body. Suitable lubricant on bolt threads should
• The Mating flange (both valve and pipework) be used. In assembly, bolts are tightened
must be checked for correct sealing face, sequentially to make the initial contact
surface finish, and condition. If either is of flanges and gaskets flat and parallel
found in a state which might cause leakage followed by gradual and uniform tightening
no attempt to assemble should be made in an opposite bolting sequence to avoid
until this has been resolved. bending one flange relative to the other,
particularly on flanges with raised faces.
• In order to maintain an effective sealing
face it is imperative that all of the rubber
lining face and the full flange face are
covered completely to ensure correct
compression is attained, failure to comply
can result in valve failure. If unsure
please contact the Crane Fluid Systems
Technical Department for assistance.
PIPE SUPPORTS
Pipe supports must be carefully aligned and all the correct distance between centres for the size
and types of pipe.
VALVE LOCATION
• Valves should be located to ensure ease and safety of operation and access allowed for
subsequent maintenance of the valve, especially where actuators are fitted. Where valves are
lever operated ensure there are no obstructions which may prevent full travel of the lever.
• It is also important to ensure that valves are not subject to turbulent flows, and
recommendations are shown below:
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END OF LINE SERVICE
• In certain circumstances it may be
necessary to use these valves on an End
of Line service, in these instances ensure
that the system operating pressures do not
exceed the following:
o DN50 to DN300: 10 bar
o DN350 to DN600: 6 bar
• Where valves are used for End of Line
service the valve should be protected
against unauthorised or unintentional
operation to prevent personal injury or
damage to equipment.
OPERATION
• Butterfly Valves are quarter turn for full
operation - the valves are closed by turning
clockwise, and opened by turning anti-
clockwise.
• Check that valves operate fully prior to
commissioning and that there are no
obstructions to the full travel of the disc. The
disc enters the pipeline when the valve is in
the fully open position.
• Ensure there are no obstructions upstream
or downstream of the valve to prevent
correct operation.
• On actuated valves, the end stops and
torque limiters will have been adjusted and
set prior to dispatch from factory.
Gearbox
An enclosed worm gear reduction operator
(gearbox) is mounted on the valve body with
the gear quadrant intimately connected with
the valve shaft. The full open and full closed
position travel stops are set at the factory and
require no further adjustment.
Note: if the gearbox is fitted with a padlock
and locking ring, the padlock will require
removal prior to operation.
Valve closure is by clockwise rotation of the
handwheel until the travel stop restriction is
felt. No excessive force is required to effect
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• Both valve faces must be compressed to
ensure correct sealing is achieved, not
doing so will void the valves warranty and
ultimately lead to the valves failure. Two
types of blanking flange are recommended:
o Blind/Blanking Flange – A solid flange
to block off a section of pipe and provides
correct valve sealing.
o Backing Flange – A flange with hole to
allow for system drainage and provides
correct valve sealing.
• Semi-Lugged valves cannot be used on
end of line service; fully lugged valves
must be used.
tight shut off and under no circumstances
should a wrench or wheelkey be used.
Counter clockwise rotation of the handwheel
will open the valve until the full open travel
stop or to the intermediate regulated travel
stop (memory stop) if fitted on the double
regulating version.
A non-adjustable pointer indicates the actual
valve disk position against a fixed scale.
Lever
Care must be taken when operating the valve
by the lever as high rates of flow induce a
hydrodynamic torque on the disk which may
cause it to move position rapidly, either more
open or slamming shut, depending on its initial
position. The sudden movement on the lever
can cause injury and if closing, water hammer
on liquid service may result in system damage.
Valve closing is by clockwise motion of the
lever. Squeeze the trigger to disengage the
lever from the fully open (or regulated) notch
position, the lever can be rotated to the closed
position notch, release the trigger to secure.
Ensure the lever is fully depressed before
attempting to change the disc position.
No excessive force is required to effect tight
shut off and under no circumstance should
additional wrenches be used.
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MAINTENANCE
• These Butterfly Valves are maintenance • The risk assessment must take into account
free and shall be operated at least once per the possibility of the limits of use being
year to help prevent damage, which can be exceeded whereby a potential hazard could
caused by long periods of inactivity. result.
• The valve should be at zero pressure • A maintenance program should therefore
and ambient temperature prior to any include checks on the development of
maintenance inspection. unforeseen conditions, which could lead to
• Maintenance Engineers & Operators are failure.
reminded to use correct fitting tools and
equipment. A full risk assessment and
methodology statement must be compiled
prior to any maintenance.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Crane (and its related brands) manufacture Crane cannot make recommendations
hardware (valves, couplings, etc) for the regarding chemical compatibility for the
Building Services industry and Utilities system, as a result of the above variables,
industries (including Gas and Water industries) which includes all components, substances
however, we are not system designers or and materials. Any comments from Crane
operators. regarding chemical compatibility shall relate
The use of chemicals for system dosing must solely to the Crane product and does not
be determined by the user as all aspects constitute a recommendation on compatibility
of system variables (biocides, inhibitors, for the wider system, resultant chemical
system medium, raw water condition (where compounds, components, substances or
materials, in whole or in part.
used), existing micro-biological processes
within the system, temperature, mechanical
configuration, etc) must be established and
considered, and the effect of the chemicals
used (including compounds arising from
chemical combinations) must also be
established in order to accurately determine
compatibility.
PED CLASSIFICATIONS & LIMITS OF USE
Crane butterfly valves have not been designed as fire safe valves.
These valves have been categorised in accordance with the Pressure Equipment Directive
2014/68/EU.
The fluid to be transported is limited to those shown in the product table below.
On no account must these valves be used on any unstable fluids.
Note: Valves that are classified as SEP (Sound Engineering Practice) are not CE marked and
therefore do not require a declaration of conformity.
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 PED CATEGORY BY PRODUCT APPLICATIONS
VALVE SIZE
Body Style / Pressure Liner Disc
Fig. No. Rating Material Material GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP
SEP 1 2 3 1 GAS 2 GAS 1 LIQUID 2 LIQUID

F611 Lever,
Semi Lugged Nitrile -10 Aluminium 65- 250-
16 Bar 50    
F614 Lever, to 90°C Bronze 200 600
Fully Lugged

F612 Gearbox,
Semi Lugged Nitrile -10 Aluminium 65- 250-
16 Bar 50    
F615 Gearbox, to 90°C Bronze 200 600
Fully Lugged

F621 Lever, EPDM -10

Semi Lugged to 100°C Aluminium 50-
16 Bar 
F624 Lever, (WRAS to Bronze 200
Fully Lugged 85°C)

F621 Gearbox, EPDM -10

Semi Lugged to 100°C Aluminium 50- 350-
16 Bar 
F625 Gearbox, (WRAS to Bronze 300 600
Fully Lugged 85°C)

F626 Lever,
Semi Lugged EPDM -10 Aluminium 50-
16 Bar 
F628 Lever, to 130°C Bronze 200
Fully Lugged

F627 Gearbox,
Semi Lugged EPDM -10 Aluminium 50- 350-
16 Bar 
F629 Gearbox, to 130°C Bronze 300 600
Fully Lugged

F631 Lever, EPDM -10 Stainless 50-

16 Bar 
Fully Lugged to 130°C Steel 316 200

F631B
Bareshaft,
EPDM -10 Stainless 50- 350-
Fully Lugged 16 Bar 
to 130°C Steel 316 300 600
F632 Gearbox,
Fully Lugged

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